This comparison of disc authoring software compares different optical disc authoring software.
Application
General information Basic general information about the application.
Application Creator Software license Ashampoo Burning Studio Ashampoo Software Alcohol 120% Alcohol Soft CDBurnerXP Stefan Haglund, Fredrik Haglund cdrtools Jörg Schilling (CDDL parts are GPL) DeepBurner Astonsoft ImgBurn LIGHTNING UK! InfraRecorder Christian Kindahl (GPL) K3b Sebastian Trüg, Christian Kvasny (GPL) Libburnia Libburnia team (GPL) Nero Burning ROM Ahead Software UltraISO EZB Systems X-CD-Roast T. Niederreiter (GPL) Application Creator Software license
Operating system support The list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common operating systems.
Application Microsoft Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix Alcohol 120% CDBurnerXP cdrtools DeepBurner ImgBurn InfraRecorder K3b Libburnia Nero Burning ROM UltraISO X-CD-Roast Application Microsoft Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix
Optical media support
Which single-sided optical media types the application supports. The list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common types in use (i.e. not the now defunct HD DVD-R & UDO)
Application CD-R/W DVD-R/RW/RAM DVD+R/RW DVD+R/RW DL DVD-R/RW DL BD-R/RE BD-R/RE DL Alcohol 120% CDBurnerXP cdrtools DeepBurner ImgBurn InfraRecorder K3b Libburnia Nero Burning ROM UltraISO X-CD-Roast Application CD-R/W 737MB=702MiB DVD-R/RW/RAM 4.707GB=4.384GiB DVD+R/RW 4.700GB=4.378GiB DVD+R/RW DL 8.548GB=7.961GiB DVD-R/RW DL 8.544GB=7.957GiB BD-R/RE 25GB=23.31GiB BD-R/RE DL 50GB=46.61GiB
Filesystem support
Which filesystems the application supports.
Application ISO 9660 Joliet Rock Ridge Amiga rock ridge El Torito Apple ISO9660 UDF MRW Alcohol 120% CDBurnerXP cdrtools ImgBurn InfraRecorder K3b Libburnia Nero Burning ROM UltraISO X-CD-Roast Application ISO 9660 Joliet Rock Ridge Amiga rockridge El Torito Apple ISO9660 UDF MRW
Disk image format support Information which Disk image formats an application supports.
Application bin/cue Apple disk image img ISO image Nero CD image Audio file/cue Alcohol 120% CDBurnerXP Unsupported format can be converted to a supported one. cdrtools DeepBurner ImgBurn InfraRecorder K3b Libburnia Nero Burning ROM UltraISO X-CD-Roast Application bin/cue Apple disk image img ISO image Nero CD image Audio file/cue
Standards support Support for Rainbow book standards: Red book: CD-DA Yellow book: CD-ROM Orange book: CD-R and CD-RW White book: VCD and SVCD Blue book: E-CD Beige book: PCD Green book: CD-i discs Purple book: DDCD Scarlet book: SACD
Application Red (CD-DA) Yellow (CD-ROM) Orange (CD-R/CD-RW) White (VCD/SVCD) Blue (E-CD) Beige (PCD) Green (CD-I) Purple (DDCD) Scarlet (SACD) Alcohol 120% CDBurnerXP cdrtools DeepBurner ImgBurn InfraRecorder K3b Libburnia Nero Burning ROM UltraISO X-CD-Roast Application Red (CD-DA) Yellow (CD-ROM) Orange (CD-R/CD-RW) White (VCD/SVCD) Blue (E-CD) Beige (PCD) Green (CD-I) Purple (DDCD) Scarlet (SACD)
User interface
Information which User interfaces an application supports.
Application Command line interface Graphical user interface Text user interface Alcohol 120% CDBurnerXP cdrtools DeepBurner ImgBurn InfraRecorder K3b Libburnia Nero Burning ROM UltraISO X-CD-Roast Application Command line interface Graphical user interface Text user interface
See also
Optical disc authoring software List of optical disc authoring software Comparison of disc image software
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